See below on how it worked for past participants of The Gotham TV Series Lab
195 Lewis Creator, Writer and Producer Rae Leone Allen (2015)
“The Gotham Screen Forward Labs invigorated the trajectory of the 195 Lewis project. In a time when serialized online content is much like the Wild West, The Gotham is on the cutting edge introducing us and our project to people in every facet of the industry. These introductions blossom into relationships, and these relationships nourish the process. The most valuable relationships, though, are the ones developed in the Lab with fellow filmmakers. Often, independent storytelling is a lonely journey. Most simply put, the lab is a community of support. Shout out to the 2015 Screen Lab Fellows! This community makes space for vulnerability around the difficulties of the filmmaking process, and the fresh eyes of fellow filmmakers offer invaluable insights. 195 Lewis owes much of our progress to The Gotham.”
Since the 2015 TV Series Lab, 195 Lewis has gone on to major achievements, including:
– It won the Breakthrough Series – Short Form Award at the 2018 Gotham Awards
– It was named 2nd best web series of 2017 by Indiewire
– The full first season of 195 Lewis screened at BAM in Brooklyn, NY in December 2016 before launching online in 2017
– 195 Lewis had its International premiere at the 2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam
– Creator, director, writer and EP Chanelle Aponte Pearson was selected by the Made in NY Media Center as the first ‘Vimeo Share the Screen Fellow’
– Chanelle won the Euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight On Women Directors ‘Live the Dream’ grant at the 2015 Gotham Awards